Advertisement

Cyprus

News

Greek-Cypriot arrested for 645kg BBQ ecstasy haul from Limassol-Sydney

Cyprus police arrested a Greek Cypriot businessman, aged 30, on Friday in connection to the ecstasy-filled barbecues shipped from Limassol to Sydney. The man, the registered owner of the barbecues …

News

Cyprus signs deal with Chinese-led multinational consortium to build first LNG terminal

The government of Cyprus has signed a 290-million euro deal with a Chinese-led consortium to build the island nation’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. The gas will be mostly …

Cypriot judge rules against British girl who said Israeli teenagers gang raped her

A Cyprus judge has ruled against a young British woman accused of fabricating a story about being gang raped. The young woman, 19, said in July that she had been …

News

Erdogan warns he will release Jihadi prisoners if EU imposes sanctions over Cyprus

Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has warned that he will release jihadi prisoners and send them back to their European countries of origin should the EU go ahead with plans …

News

EU Council threatens travel ban, asset freeze for individuals and entities drilling for oil in Cyprus waters

The Council of the European Union this week adopted a range of measures that are aimed against individuals or entities responsible for or are involved in unauthorised drilling activities of …

News

Cyprus tightens up to revoke golden passports of wrongdoers

The president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has pledged to revoke the passports that were mistakenly issued to rich foreigners who have been found to have committed any wrongdoing. According to …

News

Cyprus questions why state gift to Thatcher is on sale at Christie’s

The Cyprus government is expected to demand answers from Britain as to why a 2,700-year-old vase given as a state gift to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was recently sold …

News

Shakira and Gerard Pique overjoyed with purchase of luxury villa in Cyprus

Shakira, the world-famous Colombian songstress, has bought a villa in coastal Peyia, Paphos, according to reports in Cyprus local media. The property owned by Shakira and her partner, Barcelona football …

News

Turkish-Cypriot teachers up in arms over teacher wearing hijab

Turkish-Cypriot Trade Unionist Selma Eylem said that teachers in the occupied part of Cyprus are up in arms over the appointment of a teacher who was appointed on 25 October …

News

Concern over the plight of 8,500 missing domestic workers from Cyprus

The Cyprus House Ethics committee heard on Wednesday that around 8,500 domestic workers had been reported missing in the country. Zacharias Zachariou, chairman of the Ethnics committee said, nobody knows …

Advertisement